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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS, 



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Cineraria Hybrida 



Beautiful flowering plants for the house or conservatory during the spring months 

 Seed should be sown from May to September for succession. Where only one sowing 

 is made, July should be preferred. Cinerarias grow so freely that the seedlings may 

 go straight from the seed-pans to thumb-pots. After transplanting, place in a cold 

 frame facing north, if possible. When the pots become full of roots, shift into large r 

 ones till the flowering size is reached. Our prize strain is justly celebrated for all good 

 qualities, being especially noted for size, coloring and texture. 



PER PKT. 



1963 Dreer's Prize Dwarf. Dwarf compact plants not over a foot high, with 

 immense heads of large individual flowers in a great range of beautiful 

 colors $0 50 



1964 Dreer's Prize Tall. Of taller growth than the above, with flowers of 

 extraordinary size 50 



1961 Matador. The new large-flowering scarlet, which adds considerable life 



and brilliancy to a collection 50 



1962 Hybrida Nana Multiflora. This miniature variety forms dense, com- 

 pact plants with good heads of small flowers in a good range of colors 35 



1966 Stellata (Star Cineraria). A charming variety, with large spreading panicles 

 of starry flowers in the same variety of colors as the ordinary Cineraria; 

 the extreme grace and elegance of the plant and flowers make them wonder- 

 fully effective for the decoration of the house and conservatory, and especially 

 so for church decoration; also useful for cutting 25 



White-leaved Cineraria (Dusty Muier) 



1971 Maritima Candidissima. These, as well as the white-leaved Centaureas 

 offered on page 77, are called "Dusty Millers." Fine for bedding, ribbon 

 beds and margins; prized for 

 their beautiful downy, sil- 

 very foliage; half hardy per- 

 ennials, but should be treated 

 as annuals; 2 feet, j oz., 

 30 cts $0 10 f\, 



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Cleome Gigantea 



COBAEA SCANDENS 



Cleome 



(Giant Spider Flower) 



PER PKT. 



2002 Gigantea. The plants at- 

 tain a height of 3 J feet, well 

 branched, each branch ter- 

 minated by a large head of 

 bright rosy-crimson flowers. 

 It makes a striking subject 

 for large beds or for interspersing in the shrubbery border, and is used 

 extensively in many of the public parks. Seed should be sown in the open 

 ground as soon as the weather is warm and settled, and the plants given 

 sufficient room to develop their full beauty. J oz., 25 cts $0 10 



Cobaea (Cups and Saucer Vine or Cathedral Bells) 



A climber of rapid growth, attaining a height of 30 to 50 feet during the season; 

 valuable for covering trellises, arbors, trunks of trees, etc. ; will cling to any rough surface. 

 In sowing, place seeds edgewise and merely cover with light soil; to get early results 

 start the seed indoors in March or April; can also be sown out-of-doors in May. 



2021 Scandens. Large, bell-shaped purple flowers, J oz., 25 cts $0 10 



2022 Scandens Alba. Pure white, i oz., 40 cts 10 



ColeilS (Flame Nettle) 



2040 Dreer's Hybrids. Our strain of hybrid varieties produces the finest 

 colored, most attractive and novel foliage plants for house or garden culture. 

 A most interesting subject to grow from seed. Sow indoors in March or April. 25 



2041 Ornatus. Splendid, large-leaved variety, with strikingly handsome varie- 

 gated foliage; of great value for all decorative purposes 25 



Rainbow Corn (Zea Japonica Variegata) 

 2662 As an ornamental foliage plant this is not only highly effective, but very 

 interesting. It grows about 5 feet high, quite bushy, the wonderfully varie- 

 gated leaves being striped with bright green, silvery white, rosy purple and 

 sulphur yellow. It makes a very pretty dividing line between the vegetable 

 and flower garden, or it may be used in the mixed border. Per oz., 25 cts. . 10 



The Orchid-flowered Sweet Peas offered with other Specialties on pages 52 to 62 are up-to-date in every way 



